Euro area’s flash consumer sentiment index rises in July

Jul 23, 2019 17:59 pm UTC| Commentary

The European Commissions flash euro area consumer sentiment ticked higher in July. The indicator released today further added to the decidedly mixed economic data lately, further underpinning the view that the Governing...

U.S. existing home sales disappoint in June

Jul 23, 2019 16:25 pm UTC| Commentary

Existing home sales in the U.S. dropped 1.7 percent to 5.27 million units in June, as compared with market expectations of a fall of just 0.4 percent. Meanwhile, the figures for prior month was upwardly revised by 0.4...

Turkish consumer sentiment index eases in July

Jul 23, 2019 13:45 pm UTC| Commentary

Turkish consumer sentiment eased in July. The Turkish Statistical Institute showed that the seasonally adjusted consumer confidence index dropped 2 percent sequentially to 56.5 from Junes 57.6. The financial situation...

Australian weekly consumer confidence index rises

Jul 23, 2019 12:34 pm UTC| Commentary

Australian weekly consumer sentiment rose. The ANZ-Roy Morgan Australian consumer confidence index rose 0.3 percent last week. The financial and economic conditions subcomponents came in positive, suggesting the detail was...

Singaporean headline consumer price inflation eases in June, core rate to fall further in July

Jul 23, 2019 11:06 am UTC| Commentary

The Singaporean headline consumer price inflation eased in the month of June. On a year-on-year basis, the CPI All-Items inflation slowed to 0.6 percent from Mays 0.9 percent, as compared with market expectations of 0.8...

German bunds remain steady ahead of July manufacturing PMI, ECB’s policy meeting

Jul 23, 2019 10:16 am UTC| Commentary Economy

The German bunds remained steady during European session Tuesday ahead of the countrys manufacturing PMI for the month of July, scheduled to be released on July 24 by 07:30GMT and the European Central Banks (ECB) monetary...

MAS likely to slightly reduce slope of S$NEER policy band amid economic slowdown, says Scotiabank

Jul 23, 2019 08:47 am UTC| Commentary Central Banks Economy

The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) is expected to slightly reduce the slope (i.e. the annual rate of appreciation) of its S$NEER policy band to 0.5 percent from current 1.0 percent, when holing its second...